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Mr. Gregor MacKenzie
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the steel industry in 1970 and in each succeeding year to the latest convenient date.
Mr. Alison
The following table gives the numbers of employees in employment in the iron and steel industry (Minimum List headings 311 and 312 of the Standard Industrial Classification) in Great Britain at June each year from 1970 to 1981 and at January 1982.
| June each year | Iron and Steel (Thousands) |
| 1970 | 344 |
| 1971 | 323 |
| 1972 | 303 |
| 1973 | 301 |
| 1974 | 296 |
| 1975 | 300 |
| 1976 | 283 |
| 1977 | 290 |
| 1978 | 264 |
| *1979 | 253 |
| *1980 | 220 |
| *1981 | 169 |
| *1982 (January) | 160 |
| * Provisional. | |